CALLS from Bournemouth for neighbouring Poole to delay roadworks were a case of "the pot calling the kettle black", it has been claimed. Highways bosses at Bournemouth council asked Poole to put off work at the Mountbatten Arms roundabout in Wallisdown
DEEPLY moving story about two inseparable thirtysomething brothers who inherit their father's second-hand bookshop.Harbour (Adrian Rawlins) has spent his life looking after his motherless and suicidal brother Wilbur (Jamie Sives). When their father dies
THE gruesome detail of a Poole nurse's cosmetic surgery was shown to millions on a TV programme called Beautiful Boys. Liam Larcombe winced as he saw bits of bone removed from his face during the Granada TV programme detailing male vanity. But he said
WIMBORNE Rugby Club will unveil their proposed plans for a new £750,000 clubhouse at Leigh Park before their home clash against Oakmeadians tomorrow(Jan 10, 2pm). The ambitious Powergen South West Division Two East outfit signed a new lease with their
MAGPIES manager Mark Morris says his side will relish tomorrow's first home FA Trophy tilt against a side from a higher division for seven years when they host Conference strugglers Margate tomorrow. "Until the last few months most of our cup draws have
CAPTAIN Mark Nicholson returns to lead Weymouth Reserves against Moneyfields second string at the Wessex Stadium tomorrow (3pm). The influential midfielder was forced to miss Wednesday's Sydenhams Wessex Combination defeat at Totton because of work commitments
DOZENS of unsolved crimes are set to go before the courts thanks to Daily Echo readers. Your amazing response to the Echo Eye Witness campaign will secure convictions for a variety of crimes which have blighted the lives of Poole and Bournemouth residents
IF The Lord of the Rings has merely whetted your appetite for lengthy films with vast battles, then The Last Samurai should surely sate that desire. Legends of the Fall and Glory director Edward Zwick again shows he has a way with the broad sweep big
THE NHS has donated £20,000 towards a public consultation which could lead to a complete ban on smoking in public places in Poole. A five-member 'smoking' sub-committee, comprised of two smokers and three non-smokers, secured the grant from the Tobacco
A FAMILY are counting their lucky stars after an oak tree crushed their car at the moment they were due to set off on a road journey. It was only good fortune that saw John and Maria Robson and daughter Zara getting up half-an-hour later than planned
A PLACE in Europe is at stake for Dorset's Elite Teamwear Premier Division representative side when they take on the Carlsberg South West League in the National Systems Cup at Shaftesbury tomorrow (3pm). The second round tie, which was postponed in November
A NEW kind of radio station has been launched for family farms and people working in agriculture in Dorset. www.farmradio.org.uk has been set up by Dorset's media charity, Trilith, which has long been concerned about the isolation of farming families
A FITTING tribute to the Bridport News former sports editor Terry Collin takes place at Bridport's Beehive next Friday. An auction of sporting pledges and memorabilia is being held to raise money for the Terry Collin Fund, set up in his memory to support
AN 81-year-old woman has been left battered and bruised after becoming the latest victim of Bridport's uneven pavements. Widow Grace Selley damaged her wrist and suffered facial injuries when she tripped and fell in South Street on New Year's Eve. Passers
WITH cough and cold bugs sweeping across West Dorset this week the unthinkable finally happened - Bridport ran out of Fudges Mixture. The patent remedy - a favourite with generations of winter sufferers - was forced out of production when supplies of
HOPES of an early introduction of free-to-view digital TV in Bridport are looking bleak. Most of the town remains unable to receive the much-advertised Freeview service, supplied via terrestrial transmitters. And company bosses could not confirm any immediate
BUSINESS leaders have welcomed plans to cut red tape by setting common annual dates for the start of new rules. Common commence-ment dates - listed under the government's new Action Plan for Small Business - would help firms cope with different sets of
TWO public payphones threatened with removal by BT have been granted a reprieve. The telecoms giant had wanted to get rid of the phones in Sandy Lane and Middlehill Road close to the Memorial Hall in Colehill as part of a review of 172 telephone kiosks
DORSET'S under-fire speed camera operator wants to hear from anyone who thinks they have suffered from a camera error. The move by the Dorset Speed Camera Partnership comes in the wake of driver Kris Haskins' revelation that one of its cameras mistakenly
GRANNY Glenys Smith has kicked off the new year by scooping the jackpot in the Echo's Find the Ball competition She is celebrating being £6,000 richer after becoming the first winner of 2004. She said her first instinct was to splash out on a cruise aboard
NEIL Moss insists Cherries are "more than capable" of reviving their flagging play-off fortunes - despite labelling Sean O'Driscoll's troops as the "poor boys" of Division Two. Lifelong fan Moss readily acknowledges that Cherries should be "doing better
THERE are thousands of Iranian children in the earthquake devastated city of Bam whose misery is now being eased by Daily Echo readers. These homeless and orphaned children are the lucky ones benefiting from the £1,850 raised by our readers so far. Daily
THE Daily Echo Film Club in conjunction with UCI offers Echo readers the chance to enjoy top movies at a cut price every week at UCI. Membership is free to every Echo reader who applies and includes: Two tickets for the price of one on a selected film
STRANGERS in a strange land, a man and a woman meet, connect, then go their separate ways in Lost In Translation, Sofia Coppola's assured follow up to the affecting intimacy of The Virgin Suicides. Bob Harris (Bill Murray) is a lonely, disaffected movie
POOLE teen Clare Southern has sailed into the final four of the Channel 4 reality show Shattered. The 19-year-old could sit back and watch as three of her fellow participants faced the elimination round last night. Earlier the group was made to watch
IT was one small step out of the plane door, but one giant 12,500ft drop to the ground that Garry Seton and best friend Lee Osborn took to say thanks to special care baby unit nurses. Without the expert staff at Poole Hospital it is unlikely that Garry
NEW YEAR is the time many competitors resolve to do better, and Bournemouth cycle mechanic, Stuart Bowers (Hargroves Cycles RT) was one of the first to do just that, putting memories of a previous month's misfortunes behind him in a most positive way
WARREN White is set to make his debut for Portland United tomorrow when the Blues entertain Bemerton Heath Harlequins in the Sydenhams Wessex League (3pm). The talented teenager is today expected to complete his move from Bridport to Grove Corner where
DORCHESTER United boss Kevin Hillier is keeping faith with the side which pushed champions Hamworthy United all the way last week despite the 3-0 scoreline at Sandringham Sports Centre. United suffered their seventh defeat of the season against the Hammers
BEAMINSTER'S Citizen's Advice Bureau is to open only for appointments for a trial two-month period. CAB chairman Gillian Summers said the reason for the change was a mixture both of limited funding and limited manpower, combined with the fact that the
SOCCER mad Brandon Scadding got the red carpet treatment when he met his Liverpool team idols on Sunday. The ten-year-old Bridport schoolboy is the envy of all his mates after shaking hands with the Premiership stars before their 2-0 FA Cup win over Yeovil
VANDALS who caused thousands of pounds worth of damage to cars parked in Bridport on New Year's Eve were branded "gutless" this week. They struck at Victoria Grove leaving half a dozen vehicles with broken aerials, ripped off wing mirrors and smashed
WHO'S a clever boy then! Ben the collie - Bridport's litter-hating superdog - is being hailed as Britain's smartest canine. The three-year-old pooch has been undergoing IQ tests for a special TV show which is trying to find the nation's brainiest pet.
SIGNS at Eype advertising the possible deletion of a footpath from the definitive rights of way map have been disappearing. So many have gone missing so frequently that Dorset County Council is extending the period for people to comment on the modification
TURNED AWAY FROM TIP, SO I DROVE TO SWANSEA LAST Friday night my wife and I came to Weymouth to spend the weekend with my father-in-law. During various conversations it transpired his washing machine had packed in and was beyond economic repair. We decided
WHO'S a clever boy then! Ben the collie - Bridport's litter-hating superdog - is being hailed as Britain's smartest canine. The three-year-old pooch has been undergoing IQ tests for a special TV show which is trying to find the nation's brainiest pet.
A RENEWED bid to treble the size of a New Forest rest home is being recommended for refusal by district councillors meeting next week. Owners of the Engleburn residential care home want to add an extra 50 bedrooms in a two-storey extension to the Edwardian
ANOTHER North Dorset pub looks set to be lost after plans to convert it into housing were unveiled. But Hall and Woodhouse said it was only transforming the Half Moon pub in Blandford's Whitecliff Mill Street back into what it originally was. The Blandford
POOLE teen Clare Southern has sailed into the final four of the Channel 4 reality show Shattered. The 19-year-old could sit back and watch as three of her fellow participants faced the elimination round last night. Earlier the group was made to watch
A BIGAMIST sentenced to a community punishment order told the Echo he loved both his wives and will never marry again. Brian Tweddell, 33, who lives alone in Cecil Road, Boscombe, appeared at Bournemouth Crown Court yesterday for sentencing, having pleaded
ROYAL Mail's newest stamp collection celebrating 200 years of steam locomotive history has been officially unveiled at Swanage Railway. The rolling hills of Purbeck are a world away from the coal rich valleys of South Wales where the first journey by
MUSIC video director Jonas Akerlund is no stranger to controversy. If anything, he seems to court it, with provocative promos like Madonna's American Life, Robbie Williams' Come Undone and Christina Aguilera's Beautiful. So it comes as no surprise his
MAY (Anne Reid) and her ailing husband Toots (Peter Vaughn) pay a long overdue visit to their son Bobby (Steven Mackintosh) and his wife Helen (Anna Wilson-Jones) in London. Their arrival is greeted with indifference and it quickly becomes clear that
BOTTOM of the table Weymouth will be out to start the new year in style when they entertain Cooper Avon Tyres at Redlands tomorrow. The Seasiders have yet to score a victory this season and are already odds-on for the drop into Division Two South. Skipper
WEYMOUTH'S Scott Partridge today completed a permanent move to Bath City. The 29-year-old striker has joined the Terras' Dr Martens Premier Division rivals on a free transfer. The switch marks the end of a disappointing five-month stay at the Wessex Stadium
BEAMINSTER School drama teacher Valerie Goodwin is taking her latest production, Love, Marilyn, to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August. This triumph follows that of her last play, the Magdalen Whitewash, which was performed in Dublin last year. Her
THIRD-from-bottom Bridport are desperate to end their nightmare spell against fellow strugglers Keynsham Town at St Mary's Field tomorrow (3pm). Defeat for the Bees would equal their worst run in the Screwfix Direct Western League since returning to the
EX-BEAMINSTER School pupil Kate Venner has turned her back on the delights of West Dorset to work in Honduras. This week, as her surprise Christmas trip home draws to a close, she went back to her old school to accept personally the £400 pupils raised
CASH-STRAPPED Weymouth Rugby Club bosses today told of their despair after vandals broke into the clubhouse and caused thousands of pounds worth of damage. They believe intruders smashed a window to get inside and then climbed into the loft and stamped
NEW sessions are striking a chord with the musical youth of Portland. Youngsters have tried their hand at instruments, singing, rapping, songwriting and disc jockeying in the workshops at schools, St George's Community Centre and the Young Offender Institution
CREATIVE students enjoyed the sweet taste of success after designing toffee packages. Pupils at Thomas Hardye School in Dorchester dazzled staff at Thorntons in South Street with their artistic talent. Year Nine and 10 students dreamt up an array of toffee
THERE'S something about writing a column at this time of year that makes it more difficult than usual. After all, Christmas and its long run-up provide plenty of ammunition for the columnist struggling for a subject. And by now it's too late for that
